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Had to take vac today

pmclaine

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    Wife went on a business trip so I had to take a day to get the kids to school. Everyone was surprised how early they were.

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    Decided to try out some 4895 loads

    This factory Hornady M1 Garand load (168 Amax) was my baseline

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    This was one of my better IMR 4895 loads

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    This was from an earlier trip shooting Varget and it is the load I will be going with

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    I miss my wife when she goes but the kids get a little extra education and I find things to keep myself busy.
     
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    good shooting, i bet the kids would have preferred to stay with you rather than school, at least i would have when i was a child
     
    good shooting, i bet the kids would have preferred to stay with you rather than school, at least i would have when i was a child

    Next year. At 4 and 5 years old maybe one of them but not both right now.
     
    Hi pmclaine
    Funny, kids are always early at school when the father has a range session planned right after dropping them. Great target, Varget works well, just too bad that it has been MIA for so long now; does not look like we will see much more of it for a while, even Chris Hodgdon recommends to look for alternative powders, as the demand is much greater than the production.
    Thanks to the idiots who started that crisis but that is a different topic.
    Have fun and good shooting.
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